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Today is Earth Day, and this year marks the 50th annual celebration to support environmental protection. Check out the amazing line-up of...

It's National Poetry Month! Ready to celebrate? Join me in this FREE hour-long creative writing workshop as we use Myths and Curses as...

I'm offering FREE virtual creativity events each week through March and April. There's one happening TODAY at 12 PM (Pacific)! Our topic...

Feeling disconnected? You're not alone! Join our creative tribe as we talk about the creative life together in the Early Week Evening...

I know it's only been a short while, but not knowing how long we'll all be cooped up at home is hard. And when you're used to interacting...

Happy St. Patrick's Day! If you couldn't tell from my name, I'm a wee bit Irish! This St. Paddy's Day, why not try something (other than...

My term as Cupertino Poet Laureate ends at the close of February, and it's with both great joy and sadness that I leave the position of...

Winter at Filoli Haiku Contest Haiku poets and those new to the haiku form are invited to submit up to three original poems that reflect...

Last night, I hosted my final Community Poetry Night as Cupertino Poet Laureate. I feel honored to have celebrated creativity with an...

Today I had the privilege of spending time in one of my favorite places with my favorite people: a community creativity workshop.  This...

I'm excited to share that my chapbook, Pixelated Tears, is now available from Prolific Press. Here's the postcard: And here's the press...

Facebook and poetry may not seem like they go together - at least not from the perspective of using Facebook to generate poetry. But I'm...

Some people swear by the messages in the stars, some find them amusing and harmless, and others find them offensive. No matter your take...

Yesterday, at Sonic Boom, the first session in my Sound and Sense workshop series, our warm-up exercise was to collectively write a...

Forty years ago, Cupertino joined into a partnership with a city 5,317 miles away – Toyokawa, Japan. Toyokawa become Cupertino’s second...

There are many parallels between writing and exercise. With both, it can be challenging to get started. We’ll swear tomorrow’s the day we...

What a fantastic morning today at the Cupertino Senior Center with an amazing bunch of creative women! I am grateful to have spent this...

Check out the original post on my Cupertino Poet Laureate website! It’s April, and that means it is National Poetry Month! Even though I...